Tomorrow, We Race!

A lot has happened since the last post and finally tomorrow is the day we have building up to. The Race!

We have test driven the car now 5 times and only the last time did we decide to end testing, the other times the car decided it wanted to stop. So there have been many bugs to fix and finishing touches to apply over the last few weeks.

The drive train has been playing up with loose chains, chains falling off, bent sprockets and more. After a lot of tinkering and fine adjusting it is working fairly steadily now. The chain tension is not 100% how we'd like it, but we are confident it will last the hour.

The main fault has been with the... well errr, we're not entirelt sure, but it has cut the power to the motor more than once during testing. Is it an ESC temperature cut off? Or dodgey wiring? Or maybe its the fuse holder? We're not sure what it is so we adressed all our theories with some cooling systems - an air scoop and a whole bunch of heatsinks on the motor - a redo of the wiring and a new bigger better fuse. The cut off problem did not rear its head during the last testing session so we are hopeful our electrics will go the distance.

The Skin is Finished and an Air Scoop is Added.

 The lycra skin has now been finished and really completes the car. We put a lot more effort into the appearance of the car this year giving it a bit of a paint job and some finishing touches.

Steven Drives the Car for His First Time

The Car Corners Very Well Indeed

Guy Picks Up Some Speed Down the Straight

Tomorrow is Race Day, where we put our car to test against many others with the same goal of winning the eV Challenge! Tactics come into the race a lot but it should be a level playing ground this year with a new track. We'll get to the track early tomorrow morning, register and get the car scrutineered then check and double check the car over. By 11 we should be out on the grid ready to start the eV Challenge 2011.
How well we'll do, we're not sure, but from my point of view im just stoked we're going into the race tomorrow with a car we designed and built ourself. Now Lets Race!

Oscar